Short Fiction · Character
Howard Mooney
A broke Jersey shore schemer hiding from creditors gets an impossible visitor: a drenched man in silver who wants a guide to Brooklyn on a specific date.
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Also known as Mooney, IV Mooney, Howard, clever Mooney
First appearance: asteroid of the damned
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Mentioned as part of the conspiracy, having stolen a survival kit.
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Howard Mooney is a small-time operator wintering in a Sea Bright house, dodging stockholders from a failed frozen-food club and guarding his one warm room against the cold. When a shoeless stranger in a silvery leotard…
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- Other
Character groups
- Protagonist
- Dubious and Familial
- Authority and Protagonist
- Military and Referenced
- Societal and Mystical
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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